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spruce
noun
- any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family, having slender needles that are rhombic in cross section
- the soft, light wood of any of these trees
- any of several evergreen trees, as the Douglas fir, resembling the spruces
intransitive verb
to make oneself spruce: usually with up
Related Forms:
- sprucely adverb
- spruceness noun
See spruce in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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